To:P. I. POPOV

Written:Written on October 17, 1921Published:First published in 1933 inLenin Miscellany XXIII.

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ComradePopov:

Ihave received the statistical tables of population by
administrative division of the R.S.F.S.R.

1)Irequest that they be specified in publication (for
instance, it is not said that they are after the census of
August 28, 1920).

2)Theautonomous regions and republics (the Karelian
Labour Commune, the Bashkirian, the Tatar, etc.) should be
brought out from the list of gubernias and given separately,
checking (when in doubt) with the People’s Commissariat for
Internal Affairs and the People’s Commissariat for Justice.

3)Thesumming-up should bring together the large
divisions, repeating them

4)Checkup once again whetherthe sameterritories, e.g.,
the Bashkirian Republic, have been taken for 1914 and 1897

5)Adda short text (in accordance with the pamphlet
issued by the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs) on
the changes (within the uyezds and volosts) in the
gubernias and regions.

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, C.L.D.

P.S.Another desirable addition,if that is not too much
trouble: the area, population 1897 and 1914 (if available)
of thestateswithin the old Russian Empire which have
seceded from the R.S.F.S.R.

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, C.L.D.

P.P.S.Is it possible also to add the number of uyezds,
volosts, towns and villages (as in the 1914–1915 yearbook).

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, C.L.D.